Forbes Dinged for Calling Kylie Jenner 'Self-Made' Billionaire

Forbes magazine is taking heat on social media for calling Kylie Jenner a "self-made billionaire," with many pointing out she is just a facet of the reality show family empire "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," and the mag even got a grammar tip from Dictionary.com.

Kylie Jenner, the daughter Caitlyn Jenner and "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" manager Kris Jenner, graced the cover of Forbes on Wednesday with a headline that started the social media buzz, Fox News reported.

"At 21, she's set to be the youngest-ever self-made billionaire. Welcome to the era of extreme fame leverage," read the magazine cover with a photo of Kylie wearing a black blazer.

Forbes lauded Kylie Jenner for starting and blossoming Kylie Cosmetics, which sold more than $330 million in products last year and continues to grow, with the star owning 100 percent of the company.

Dictionary.com, though, took exception to calling Jenner "self-made."

Self-made means having succeeded in life unaided.

Used in a sentence: Forbes says that Kylie Jenner is a self-made woman. https://t.co/sr8Ncd7s5A https://t.co/ehEL7Cf6KV

— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) July 11, 2018

calling kylie jenner a ‘self-made billionaire’ is like claiming you made soup from scratch because you opened a can and reheated it.

— gulab jamun (@PedestrianPoet) July 11, 2018

These fanboys are so stupid that they pop up anywhere trying to defend Kylie. The argument here was whether she is self made or not and she isn't. That's it! Nobody is trying to cuss her, just clarifying that she shouldn't be counted in the same bracket as of self made.

— #ConteOut (@sterlin_sterlin) July 11, 2018

She is not "self made". She had all kinds of money in the bank BEFORE starting her businesses.

Self made means starting from scratch.

— Uncivil, unpolite, uppity self...sephius1999 🤔✊🏾 (@sephius1999) July 11, 2018

I get what you're saying but if her parent's worked hard to give their kids an amazing life and she chose not to waste it that isn't something to be mad about. The struggle adds honor but not everyone has to come through a struggle to validate their accomplishments.

— Anzura (@_Anzuraa_) July 11, 2018

This is uncalled for, seriously. And I'm not a Kylie fan but look up "salty," where you work, and have a seat.

— ARFLucci (@lawgurrl) July 11, 2018

You could do what she did if you put all the energy into your personal dreams that you put into criticizing people you don't know 🤷🏽‍♀️

— ARFLucci (@lawgurrl) July 11, 2018

Jenner said she owed much of her business success to social media, where she has more than 25.5 million Twitter followers and 110 million on Instagram, while her company also has 16.5 million on its photo sharing app, according to Sky News.

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